Patents by Inventor Aldridge T. Hunter

Aldridge T. Hunter has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4313581
    Abstract: An improved deployment mechanism for deploying blocker doors between a stowed and a deployed position. At least a pair of operable blocker doors are utilized. These doors are pivotally attached to fixed cowl structure surrounding a turbo fan engine. A yoke member having adjacent curvilinear tracks is carried by a rear translatable cowl section. Sliders are provided that follow the adjacent tracks. A drag link is connected between a slider and fixed aircraft structure and a door deploying link is connected between each blocker door and is associated slider. In a second configuration, more than one blocker door is actuated by a link connected to a single slider, coupled by more than one door deploying link. When the translatable cowl section is translated rearward by conventional actuation, a peripheral outflow passage is formed between the cowl sections and the blocker doors now being deployed redirect the fan air through the peripheral opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1982
    Assignee: Rohr Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Carroll W. Folmer, Aldridge T. Hunter